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Flash

Posted on January 20, 2007.

Yesterday a professor told me that one of the nice things about Flash is that it gets around all the browser inconsistencies quite nicely. I was about to say, "yeah, either users have it or they don't," but I just stayed quiet. It's actually a good point when you don't know much about accessibility anyway.

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5 Comments

1. David Airey on January 20, 2007

   I think that if Flash is to be used it should be done sparingly, perhaps to compliment a nice CSS XHTML site.

   On my portfolio site for instance I had thought about making the clouds of the main header into a Flash animation, having them floating across the screen. But that's for another day.

2. Christian Montoya on January 20, 2007

   I think this Prof. was talking about allowing students to make 100% Flash sites as an alternative to CSS/XHTML. =/

3. Travis Vocino on January 20, 2007

   Regarding "browser inconsistencies" he's an idiot, but if he would have said "plugin inconsistencies" I would have to agree. For delivering rich media content (such as audio and video) there is little else that can compete with the large install-base of Flash.

   Quicktime and Windows Media wars are old school boring news in my opinion. Flash is basically rich media accessibility. Granted, if you're not in a position to experience these types of media presentations then you're screwed anyway and your incompatible audience will suffer.

4. Lelia Katherine Thomas on January 23, 2007

   It's always nice to know that the education you're getting (and paying a pretty penny for) is entirely up to speed on things, isn't it?

5. Christian Montoya on January 24, 2007

   The sad part is that Cornell is pretty far ahead compared to other universities.